Biotech Product Safety Summaries
Biotech crops undergo more testing and oversight before commercialization than any other agricultural products, including conventional crops. Before we submit a biotech crop to regulatory agencies for approval, our research teams have put it through numerous tests to ensure and prove it’s as safe as its conventional equivalent.
After internal safety tests are completed, Monsanto makes submissions to regulatory agencies in countries where we plan to sell our seed or where the crop is commonly imported. Regulatory agencies in each country must approve a potential product before it can be sold to farmers, or imported for food and/or animal feed in their country.
Below, you can see a list of Monsanto’s biotechnology crop products by crop, single event¹ product, and biotech trait(s). Peer-reviewed scientific publications on food, feed, and environmental safety of each of the commercialized products are also provided.
Product summaries are available for research safety assessments completed on Monsanto’s biotechnology products. Each product safety summary includes information on molecular characterizations, food and feed safety assessments, compositional analysis and nutritional assessments, and environmental safety assessments. This information is a summary of what is reviewed by regulatory agencies throughout the world.
In addition to the product safety summaries, links to regulatory submission documents (United Sates Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Extended List of Submission Documents) and regulatory decision documents (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) and Extended List of Decision Documents) are available.
To learn more about breeding stack products (combined event products or stacked trait products) click the hyperlinks by each stacked product below to advance to the breeding stack information.
¹ An event describes a unit of genetic material in a defined place in the plant genome that is responsible for providing a beneficial trait or traits.
Product Safety Summaries & Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- Genuity® Roundup Ready® Alfalfa
Single and Stacked Event Products
J 101, J163
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
J 101 FDA Assessment
J 163 FDA AssessmentExtended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
Other
- Genuity® Roundup Ready® Canola:
Single and Stacked Event Products
GT73
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- YieldGard® Corn Borer
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 810
Insect Protection
Above Ground
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- YieldGard® Rootworm
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 863
Insect Protection
Below Ground
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- Roundup Ready® Corn 2
Single and Stacked Event Products
NK 603
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- YieldGard® VT Pro®
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 89034
Insect Protection
Above Ground
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- YieldGard® VT Rootworm/RR2®
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 88017
Insect Protection
Below Ground
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- Genuity® DroughtGard®
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 87460
Other
Drought Tolerance
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- Bollgard® Cotton
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 531
Insect Protection
Above Ground
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- Genuity® Bollgard II® Cotton
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 15785
Insect Protection
Above Ground
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- Genuity® Roundup Ready® Cotton
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 1445
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- Genuity® Roundup Ready® Flex Cotton
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 88913
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- Roundup Ready® Soybean
Single and Stacked Event Products
40-3-2
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications
- Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 89788
Herbicide Tolerance
Glyphosate
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- Lepidopteron Insect Protected Soybeans¹
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 87701
Insect Protection
Above Ground
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- Dicamba Herbicide Tolerant Soybeans
Single and Stacked Event Products
MON 87708
Herbicide Tolerance
Dicamba
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
- Genuity® Roundup Ready® Sugarbeets
Single and Stacked Event Products
H7-1
Product Safety Summary
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Extended List of Submission Documents
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
Extended List of Decision Documents
Peer Reviewed Safety Publications